In 1992, a bronze by Jo Davidson of Gertrude Stein was installed in Bryant Park, the first public statue of an American woman in the city. The author and arts supporter sits in miniature on a pedestal, based on a 1920 model Davidson made while Stein was living in Paris. Davidson remarked, ” to do a head of Gertrude was not enough- there was so much more to her than that. So I did a seated figure of her – a sort of modern Buddha.” When the statue was unveiled in 1923 critics called it ugly and unflattering, Gertrude loved it. It was donated by art dealer Maury Leibovitz and is only one of five public statues of historic women in NYC.